Magic Ballerina Collection - 12 Books (Collection)

Darcey Bussell takes you on a captivating journey to the faraway land of ballet and magic where you'll meet Delphie, whose dream is to become a ballerina. Her wish comes true when she joins a new ballet school but there's more to Madame Zarakova's than meets the eye and soon with the help of some very special ballet shoes, Delphie finds herself spinning into a whole new world!

My little girl (just 6) loves these stories. Previously I've read them to her as bedtime stories but she's now enjoying them independantly. She doesn't seem to mind the lack of colour illustration at all.

Perfect for the first step into "grown-up" books. My 4 1/2 yr old daughter has been captivated by these stories - we are now onto the Holly series. The stories are not great literature, but they are completely age appropriate.

For a child into ballet these are great first chapter books. Got my 5 year old daughter reading in the same way Captain Underpants did for my son. The ballet books may not be great kids literature that will stand the test of time, but anything that captures a childs imagination to develop independent reading gets 5 stars in my book.